Overview

Thirty-five countries sent representatives to compete at the newly built fencing hall of the [Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City]. The 1968 Olympics again saw the Eastern Bloc countries as the preeminent forces in the sport although, unlike Tokyo four years earlier, there was a victory for Western Europe as the French regained supremacy in the menâs team foil. The Soviet Union won the most Olympic titles with three and shared with Hungary the most medals in total as both returned home with seven. The most successful fencers at the Games were [GyÅzÅ KulcsÃ¡r] of Hungary and [Yelena Novikova] of the USSR who both won two gold medals. The most popular performance came from the host nationâs [Pilar Roldan] who won a silver, Mexicoâs first in Olympic fencing, in the womenâs foil.

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